Tom Richmond – A MADman Gives a Recent MAD Timeline and a Copyright Tutorial
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Earlier this month Tom Richmond gave a timeline of MAD magazine’s past eight years
– from New York-based original material to Burbank-produced (mostly) reprint issues.
October 2013– DC Comics announces they are closing their New York offices…
Feb 2018– MAD #550 drops on news stands. This is the final New York produced issue…
February 2021- MAD #18 is released. A “Spy vs. Spy” tribute issue featuring the final original Peter Kuper Spy vs. Spy.
Read Tom’s blog post to fill in a lot of dates between those shown above, plus endnotes.
This is the clearest rundown to date of the changes that have happened to MAD magazine.
© E.C. Publications, Inc.
Then, this past Sunday, he is asked who owns his work as one of The Usual Gang of Idiots. Tom replies with a great lesson on copyright in relation to his MAD work and his freelance assignments.
He gives a paragraph to succinctly define various situations(below).
One Time Copyright Use
Long Term Copyright Use
Full Copyrights
Work for Hire
And then closes with a summation on how these circumstances transfer to reality.
Both posts are fascinating.
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